Frisian as a dialect? I was told by my German Dialects professor that it was it's own separate language; or at the very least a dialect of Dutch rather than German.chrissi1980 hat geschrieben: Yeah Frisian is quite interesting I heard it once, but it sounds like a foreign language. To my mind you should be born as an Frisian then you can understand what they say.
Yes the description is correct. For us in the north is Frisian a dialect but that's not the correct description. People who speak Frisian are able to understand the Dutch people. I think that's the better explanation.Arminius hat geschrieben:Frisian as a dialect? I was told by my German Dialects professor that it was it's own separate language; or at the very least a dialect of Dutch rather than German.chrissi1980 hat geschrieben: Yeah Frisian is quite interesting I heard it once, but it sounds like a foreign language. To my mind you should be born as an Frisian then you can understand what they say.
That's funny... I didn't think anyone was able to understand the Dutch.chrissi1980 hat geschrieben: People who speak Frisian are able to understand the Dutch people. I think that's the better explanation.
Arminius hat geschrieben:That's funny... I didn't think anyone was able to understand the Dutch.chrissi1980 hat geschrieben: People who speak Frisian are able to understand the Dutch people. I think that's the better explanation.
Anyone? I think that's a bit to much. 
As far as I know the Frisian people can understand Dutch, but the rest of us here in Hamburg... We can't understand Frisian and Dutch people. We're a little helpless in that case.